KÅ™eÄ (PelhÅ™imov District)
Křeč ( German Kretschmann ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is situated 18 kilometers east of Tábor and belongs to Okres Pelhřimov.
Geography
Křeč is located on the hill Na Výhoně (658 m) in the Bohemian- Moravian Highlands. To the north lies the valley Josafatské 's Valley, in the east of the 739 m high Svidník rises. The narrow gauge railway line Jindřichův Hradec - Obrataň passes east, however, the station Křeč is Střítež.
Neighboring towns are Údolí Bezděčín and Sudkův Dul in the north, Brná in the northeast, Střítež in the east, in the southeast Černovice, Svatá Anna in the south, Chrbonín the southwest, Kozmice in the west and Nové Dvory and Jehoshaphat in the northwest.
History
Křeč was probably founded in the 12th century on the site of the church stood a Romanesque rotunda. Was first mentioned the village in 1358th Since 1359 the existence of the castle Hradek in Josafatský 's Valley is occupied. 1363 sold the Lords of Hradec possession of the Rosenbergs. 1428 was during the Hussite wars the castle in the hands of Ondřej of Nemyšl who also called himself Ondřej Hradek. On August 19 1435 the last battle of Hussite Wars took place at Křeč in which Ulrich von Rosenberg proposed the encampments. Since 1439 the castle Hradek was called desolate, and later emerged in its place the mill Jehoshaphat.
In 1885 the town had 703 inhabitants and 1900 there were just 600 in 1906 was inaugurated the narrow gauge railway to Jindřichův Hradec. On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Kretschmer, a memorial was erected in 1935. In Křeč lived 1952 401 people.
Community structure
For the community Křeč no districts are reported.
Attractions
- Narrow-gauge railway to Jindřichův Hradec, technical monument
- James the Greater Church, built around 1300
- Monument to the Battle of Křeč in 1435, consecrated on September 22, 1935
- Church of St. Anne in Svatá Anna, built in 1722 as a branch church of Křeč